History and Institutionalization of Memory

2 ECTS – course offered in the Fall semester

• Women in ancient Rome: Portraits from Public History 

Instructor: Prof. Ida Gilda Mastrorosa

Topics: Overview on ancient Rome’s political practices and protagonists and their representation through videos you-tube, in order to clarify how video-makers use ancient sources and specific communicative techniques to enhance the non-specialized public’s awareness of ancient history.

• History and memory of Italian Republic

Instructor: Prof. Chiara Renzo

Topics: Refugee Crisis after World War II. Focus on the Jewish displaced persons (DPs) after the Holocaust; Jewish DPs in refugee camps in postwar Italy and Jewish DPs’ clandestine departures to Palestine and the political role of Italy. Guided visit to the  Foundation “Museum and Documentation Centre of deportation and Resistance-Memorial sites on Tuscany” (Prato)